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Ozark Air Lines was a local service carrier (originally known as a feeder airline) in the United States that operated from 1950 until 1986, when it was purchased by Trans World Airlines (TWA). Ozark got a second chance to be an airline when the carrier that won the routes for which Ozark applied, Parks Air Lines , failed to start them in a ...
N974Z, the aircraft involved, while still operating with its previous operator, Air West. Ozark Air Lines Flight 982 was a regularly scheduled flight on December 27, 1968, originating from Sioux Falls Regional Airport to O'Hare International Airport connecting through Sioux Gateway Airport that crashed shortly after takeoff. [1]
Ozark Air Lines Flight 809 was a regularly scheduled flight from Nashville, Tennessee, to St. Louis, Missouri, with four intermediate stops. On July 23, 1973, while landing at St. Louis International Airport, it crashed, killing 38 of the 44 persons aboard. A severe downdraft, associated with a nearby thunderstorm, was cited as the cause.
The first accident aircraft was a Douglas DC-9-15, registered N970Z, manufacturer's serial number 45772, manufactured on May 5, 1966 and owned and operated by Ozark Air Lines. At the time of the accident, it had a total time of 5,172 hours.
Martin 4-0-4s were also flown by Pacific Air Lines (which subsequently merged with Bonanza Air Lines and West Coast Airlines to form Air West, which was then renamed Hughes Airwest), Piedmont Airlines (which operated former TWA 4-0-4 airliners), Ozark Air Lines and Mohawk Airlines during the 1960s.
On March 27, 1968, Ozark Air Lines Flight 965, a DC-9-15, collided with a Cessna 150F while both aircraft were on approach to the same runway at Lambert Field in St. Louis, Missouri. The Cessna crashed, killing the two pilots aboard, while the DC-9 landed safely with no injuries to the 49 passengers and crew. [60]
Ozark Airlines (Fairchild F-27 and Fairchild Hiller FH-227 aircraft) Pacific Air Lines (Fairchild F-27 aircraft) Pacific Alaska Airlines (Fairchild F-27 aircraft) Piedmont Airlines (Fairchild Hiller FH-227 aircraft) Pilgrim Airlines (acquired by Business Express) Suburban Airlines (operated F27 aircraft as Allegheny Commuter for Allegheny ...
Ozark Air Lines Flight 650 was a regularly scheduled flight on December 20, 1983 from Sioux Gateway Airport in Sioux City, Iowa, to Sioux Falls Regional Airport in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. While landing in Sioux Falls, the aircraft struck a snow plow on the runway and burst into flames.